Category Archives: Health

I’m calling it arthritis in my knee,though I possess no medical degree.But I retain a patient memoryof diagnosis and failed therapy,three decades past. It’s giving tweaks to meon rising but it likes activity.I’m four years shy of 80 now, and … Continue reading →

We lunched and we conversed about old age:the loss of stamina, the rise of ache.And our devices eavesdropped like some sage,that quietly receptive. But it’s fake.For afterwards my phone produced a pagewith remedies some advertisers make.Hibiscus tea to pee, they’d … Continue reading →

Tomorrow’s a day to completely relax.I came home on Monday, but thenthe office and family traded attackson leisure. I’ll be here againtomorrow, devoted to resting the backsand bottoms of old feet.Amen.

I didn’t fall; I’m taking extra care.That stairway, though, is narrow, carpeted.My left foot slipped from tread to empty air;my heel impacted vinyl. Nothing bled,but now my sole objects, and I’m awareof torquing knee. I’m sitting down insteadof walking. Not … Continue reading →

The lesson lasting from a lavish mealis I’m too old to eat and drink so much.It entered easily, with great appeal,but exit isn’t graceful, and the touchof indigestion, borne with gas, is suchthat I will make an effort to recallthis … Continue reading →

The lesson from self-injuries last week,that’s reinforced as I take days to heal,is all about developing techniqueto slow my speed ingesting any meal,and with deliberate pace let acts unreel.Okay to walk as fast as is my wontwhen I set forth … Continue reading →

I stabbed my index finger with a nail.A fingernail. I can’t believe I didthis harm with such an unintended flail –I only set about to pop a lidand snack on peanuts. Fragile’s grown to frail,my skin as thin as tissue … Continue reading →

I knew exams would be a challenge, soI pre-rewarded yesterday: a mealcomprising food and friendship – eating slowand talking fast – was just my kind of deal.I have to sacrifice this morning’s glowto eye exam – those drops have no … Continue reading →